Coronavirus raging through Pa. and Lehigh Valley prisons, infecting guards as...
Across Pennsylvania and the U.S., the coronavirus is spreading rapidly through prisons and jails, where communal living is standard and social distancing is nearly impossible.
View Article21 hours in Pennsylvania hospital’s COVID-19 ‘red zone’: tears, frustration...
The 'red zone' is a term for the expanding number of units at the Fayette County hospital where COVID-19 patients are segregated for treatment to contain the spread of the infection. At this point in...
View ArticlePunished for good deed: Lehigh Valley distillers making hand sanitizer during...
The Food and Drug Administration had slapped distilleries that shifted to making hand sanitizer during the pandemic with a $14,060 fee, causing distillers in the Lehigh Valley and elsewhere to cry...
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: Schuylkill sets daily record, as...
Pennsylvania coronavirus update: 16,967 new cases on Friday and Saturday, with 261 more deaths. Schuylkill County sets a record for daily cases.
View ArticlePennsylvania state Rep. Mike Reese dies at age 42
Pennsylvania state Rep. Mike Reese died Saturday afternoon after suffering an apparent brain aneurysm, his family announced. He was 42.
View ArticleNational Weather Service warns of snow and ice Sunday
Roads could be slippery Sunday, with the Lehigh Valley under a winter weather advisory.
View ArticleToomey: The evidence is overwhelming that Joe Biden won this election
Toomey decries efforts to overturn 2020 election results.
View Article41 years ago, she became the first female bus driver for a Pennsylvania...
At the wheel of the Route 18 bus, Denise Smith, 64, departed Lancaster’s Queen Street Station with two riders on a run to Elizabethtown that would prove routine in every way but one: It was her last...
View ArticleWater main break floods Allentown streets, cuts water to area; three homes...
A 36-inch water main break affected water pressure and caused street flooding on Sunday in South Allentown, where a boil water advisory was issued until further notice.
View ArticleTractor-trailer roll-over closes I-78 westbound between Hellertown and Allentown
A tractor-trailer rolled over on Interstate 78 in Lower Saucon Township on Sunday evening, closing the westbound lanes for several hours.
View ArticleHurricane facts: What was the latest a storm ever formed?
Just because hurricane season is over, doesn't mean a hurricane can't pop up in December. What was the latest hurricane to ever form in a season? The answer is here.
View ArticleLuzerne County girl, 10, starts her own business to help children, donates...
A 10-year old Luzerne County girl walked in one day and decided she wanted to help less-fortunate children; she raised enough to deliver $1,000 in gifts.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 3,779 additional cases reported as Gracedale...
Gracedale, the Northampton County-owned nursing home and one of the largest nursing homes in the state, will begin vaccinating its staff and residents starting Tuesday, offering a glimmer of hope as a...
View ArticleHow the pandemic is imperiling Pennsylvania state universities
The coronavirus pandemic has revealed the severe challenges facing Indiana University of Pennsylvania, one of 14 state universities, and less-affluent public colleges like it nationwide.
View ArticleLehigh Valley movie stars including Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Dae Kim and...
In 2021, Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Dae Kim, Daniel Roebuck, Bailey Noble, Winslow Fegley, Tim Heidecker, Kate Micucci and Ja'Siah Young will keep busy.
View ArticleMan charged in Luzerne County with homicide in death of missing autistic woman
A man has been charged with criminal homicide in the death of a missing autistic woman after authorities said he told them where to find her body in northeastern Pennsylvania
View ArticleBethlehem police: Man tried to gouge officer’s eye during arrest
An Easton man is charged with attacking a Bethlehem police officer who was investigating package thefts.
View ArticleAllentown’s Maingate nightclub gets a Christmas gift: Liquor license renewal
On Christmas Eve, the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board notified the owner of the embattled Maingate nightclub in Allentown that it was renewing the liquor license for the establishment, which had been...
View ArticleDave Freed, U.S. attorney in Harrisburg for 3 years, is resigning
The head federal prosecutor based in Harrisburg announced Monday he's quitting the job later this week.
View Article‘It looked like a choppy river’: South Allentown homeowners contend with...
A massive water main break ravaged a south Allentown neighborhood Sunday, leaving homes in limbo amid sinkholes, mud and caved-in streets.
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